Early 90's - best bits

[Groomi]

Hi All,
I'm planning a couple of future projects and would like some ideas from you regarding what your ultimate spec car would be from the early 1990's. So ignoring complete cars, which manufacturer do you think made the best:

Chassis
Wishbones
Turnbuckles
Shocks
Springs
Wheels
Tyres
Diff
Transmission
Slipper
Bodyshell
Anything else

My experience is mostly limited to Schumacher stuff, so I won't post my opinions except to say that MMS is probably a good shout for the diff.

Over to you. :)

[bert digler]

[QUOTE=Groomi;730711]Hi All,
I'm planning a couple of future projects and would like some ideas from you regarding what your ultimate spec car would be from the early 1990's. So ignoring complete cars, which manufacturer do you think made the best:

Chassis
Wishbones
Turnbuckles
Shocks
Springs
Wheels
Tyres
Diff
Transmission
Slipper
Bodyshell
Anything else

My experience is mostly limited to Schumacher stuff, so I won't post my opinions except to say that MMS is probably a good shout for the diff.

Over to
2wd or 4wd personally the best chassis of th early nineties was the rc10 worlds with the hydra drive lunsford turnbuckles jammin shell yokomo 2.2 wheels on the back ko servo tekin 410k speedo oh the chassis had to be milled out:lol: stealth box tyres Schuey blues springs green associated all round

[KennyClark]

Hi All,
I'm planning a couple of future projects and would like some ideas from you regarding what your ultimate spec car would be from the early 1990's. So ignoring complete cars, which manufacturer do you think made the best:

Chassis. ( bosscat asymmetrical )
Wishbones (yokomo yz10) SOLID!
Turnbuckles. ( Lunsford )
Shocks. (Associated)
Springs ( Schumacher )
Wheels (JC)
Tyres (Schumacher)
Diff (Manta Ray gear diff)
Transmission (Cat2000)
Slipper (Associated )
Bodyshell (Protech)
Anything else
Trinity Ex Tech motors and nicads. Novak hammer pro esc. KO 1001 servo.
Lay down Cat Ec shock setup.





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[MattK]

Traxxas shocks were always regarded as being up there with the best.

[Balders]

Chassis - Fibrelyte tub chassis'
Wishbones - YZ10 (remember the Top Models replacement ZXR wishbones)
Turnbuckles - Lunsford
Shocks - Traxxas
Springs - ...
Wheels - ... Yokomo with fluo decals
Tyres - always schumacher
Diff - Kyosho, Associated
Transmission - Stealth
Slipper - Losi Hydradrive
Bodyshell - Parma Tomcat

Anything else

HPI fluorescent rear wings
Oakley stickers

[/tobys]

Some items that instantly spark nostalgic feelings from my early days of racing!

Charger - Competition Electronics TurboThirty
Speedo - Tekin's with regenerative braking (was is 410 or 411G something like that)
Motor - LRP Black
Wishbones - the solid plastic CML ones that went on the front of the early Yokes (Works 91-93 IIRC) with Kyosho casterblocks/knuckles to improve steering
Tyres - TF330 & TR32
Wings - Plastic Yokomo in Fluo colours and big side dams (which nearly everyone cut down!) OR the Buds bi-level wing

[DanB4]

Chassis - Fibrelyte tub
Wishbones - ZXR
Turnbuckles - Lunsford
Shocks - Associated
Springs - ?
Wheels - Yokomo with fluo decals or the RC10 ones with the paint-able lexan insert
Tyres - Schumacher
Diff - Kyosho, Associated
Transmission - Stealth!
Slipper - Losi Hydradrive or what was the belt drive 2wd conversion called?
Bodyshell - RCPS Turbo Mirage
Charger - ProTrak
Speedo - Tekin 411P or 411G or Novak 410-HPC
Motor - Trinity Kinwald!
Wings - Plastic Yokomo in Fluo colours and big side dams
Decals: The BIG Parma Coca Cola ones!

[Groomi]

Some great suggestions. Keep 'em coming!

No Tamiya LOL - not even for their good looking shells?

[DerbyDan]

Anyone remember the Top Models 'Hybrid' - it was a 2wd car that cherry-picked all the best components - if I recall correctly it had a white nylon moulded chassis, Associated Stealth gearbox, Traxxas shocks & HPI 5-star wheels :cool:

I think I still have a RRC mag somewhere with this car advertised :)

[DanB4]

Yes I do! Good memories Dan!

[DanB4]

Here we go....ahh the days when you'd get a sheet of fluoro RRCi decals on the mag.....love it.

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9978

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/SDRCC/Screenshot_2013-01-09-20-45-18-1.png

[Groomi]

Ah I remember Top Models - I still have one of their 'Missile' motors and some badly faded pages of their offers from sometime in the early '90s.

[Welshy40]

Chassis - tub for the zx/zxr (which I designed and were all made by fibre lyte)
Wishbones - standard kyosho lazer zx as kevlar reinforced and almost ubreakable (stronger than the YZ10 on head on impact flat out)
Turnbuckles - lunsford as ive never managed to snap one
Shocks - traxxas trx1 were the best
Springs - schumacher or associated
Wheels - kyosho or yokomo
Tyres - schumacher and in the wet in certain tracks yokomo
Diff - gear kyosho zx
Transmission - belt kyosho zx
Slipper - associated b2
Bodyshell - parma shells, tomcat
Esc - 410k tekin set at 100amps continuous and three schotkey (fogotten how to spell) on motor end.
Motor - corally 10 double
Charger - tekin bc210

[Migs]

Transmission?- A & L lethal weapon 2 belt drive hands down

[gomachv]

That's funny, I was going thru some old paperwork and sketches a few weeks ago and found a bunch from high school era. I had written down a list like you listed, and my opinions of which cars had the best pieces and even how much the parts would have cost from tower hobbies. I will have to scan it and post it up sometime. Ahhhh...memories.

[90irish]

anyone on here remember Parma Motors? I just found my antique 16 Double that used to cause my zxrr to wheelie off the line :D pity i dont have the car any more :mad::mad:

[pugs]

anyone on here remember Parma Motors? I just found my antique 16 Double that used to cause my zxrr to wheelie off the line :D pity i dont have the car any more :mad::mad:

I do indeed remember them:thumbsup: I used to use the parma T.Q and parma team spec brushed motors, they were a really good motor of the time, liked them better than the reedy motors, also I ran twisters, they were a good one as well, but perhaps the most under rated motor was the tamiya dynatech 02H, they were nice.....:)

[isobarik]

anyone on here remember Parma Motors? I just found my antique 16 Double that used to cause my zxrr to wheelie off the line :D pity i dont have the car any more :mad::mad:

yeah i bought an Parma cycloneII stock since we where running stock in the club and it was very fast and every guy that didnt have one bought one.

mvh Isobarik